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h-index: 32
Works: 54
Citations: 3,433

Most-cited papers

A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: The Problem of Helminthiases
S. Lustigman, R. Prichard, A. Gazzinelli, W. Grant +3 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases343 citations Open access
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An investigation of persistent microfilaridermias despite multiple treatments with ivermectin, in two onchocerciasis-endemic foci in Ghana
K. Awadzi, D. Boakye, Geoffrey Edwards, N. Opoku +9 more
2004Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology232 citations
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Chemokine RANTES promoter polymorphism affects risk of both HIV infection and disease progression in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
D. McDermott, M. Beecroft, C. Kleeberger, Fadwa M. Al-Sharif +7 more
2000AIDS (London)209 citations Open access
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A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Intervention for Control and Elimination
R. Prichard, M. Basáñez, B. Boatin, J. McCarthy +4 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases203 citations Open access
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Can ivermectin mass treatments eliminate onchocerciasis in Africa?
M. Winnen, A. Plaisier, E. Alley, N. Nagelkerke +3 more
2002Bulletin of the World Health Organization194 citations
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Thirty-month follow-up of sub-optimal responders to multiple treatments with ivermectin, in two onchocerciasis-endemic foci in Ghana
K. Awadzi, S. Attah, E. Addy, N. Opoku +6 more
2004Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology152 citations
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The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP)
B. Boatin
2008Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology138 citations Open access
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Control of onchocerciasis today: status and challenges.
F. Richards, B. Boatin, M. Sauerbrey, A. Sékétéli
2001Trends in Parasitology137 citations
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Irreversible effects of ivermectin on adult parasites in onchocerciasis patients in the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa.
A. Plaisier, E. Alley, B. Boatin, G. V. van Oortmarssen +4 more
1995Journal of Infectious Diseases125 citations Open access
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A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Social Ecology, Environmental Determinants, and Health Systems
A. Gazzinelli, R. Corrêa-Oliveira, Guo-Jing Yang, B. Boatin +1 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases119 citations Open access
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A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Towards Control and Elimination
B. Boatin, M. Basáñez, R. Prichard, K. Awadzi +10 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases99 citations Open access
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Y chromosome STR haplotypes and the genetic structure of U.S. populations of African, European, and Hispanic ancestry.
M. Kayser, Silke Brauer, Hiltrud Schädlich, M. Prinz +4 more
2003Genome Research93 citations Open access
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The challenges of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) within the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)
U. Amazigo, William R. Brieger, M. Katabarwa, O. Akogun +5 more
2002Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology80 citations
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Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in West Africa
S. O'Hanlon, H. Slater, R. Cheke, B. Boatin +6 more
2016PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases79 citations Open access
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Required duration of combined annual ivermectin treatment and vector control in the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in west Africa.
A. Plaisier, E. Alley, G. J. van Oortmarssen, B. Boatin +1 more
1997Bulletin of the World Health Organization77 citations
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Twenty-two years of blackfly control in the onchocerciasis control programme in West Africa.
J.-M. Hougard, L. Yaméogo, A. Sékétéli, B. Boatin +1 more
1997Parasitology Today76 citations
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The impact of five years of annual ivermectin treatment on skin microfilarial loads in the onchocerciasis focus of Asubende, Ghana.
E. Alley, A. Plaisier, B. Boatin, K. Dadzie +3 more
1994Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene75 citations
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Pool screen polymerase chain reaction for estimating the prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus infection in Simulium damnosum sensu lato: results of a field trial in an area subject to successful vector control.
L. Yaméogo, L. Toé, J. Hougard, B. Boatin +1 more
1999American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene74 citations
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Onchocerciasis Control: Vision for the Future from a Ghanian perspective
M. Taylor, K. Awadzi, M. Basáñez, N. Biritwum +13 more
2009Parasites & Vectors69 citations Open access
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Patterns of epidemiology and control of onchocerciasis in West Africa
B. Boatin, D. Molyneux, J.-M. Hougard, O. W. Christensen +4 more
1997Journal of Helminthology65 citations Open access
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Density-Dependent Mortality of the Human Host in Onchocerciasis: Relationships between Microfilarial Load and Excess Mortality
M. Walker, M. Little, Karen S. Wagner, E. Soumbey-Alley +2 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases60 citations Open access
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Macrofilaricides and onchocerciasis control, mathematical modelling of the prospects for elimination
W. S. Alley, G. V. van Oortmarssen, B. Boatin, N. Nagelkerke +5 more
2001BMC Public Health55 citations Open access
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The impact of Mectizan on the transmission of onchocerciasis.
B. Boatin, J.-M. Hougard, E. Alley, L. K. Akpoboua +4 more
1998Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology55 citations
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The future of onchocerciasis control in Africa.
U. Amazigo, B. Boatin
2006The Lancet54 citations
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Diagnostics in onchocerciasis: future challenges.
B. Boatin, L. Toé, E. Alley, N. Dembélé +2 more
1998Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology53 citations
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Incidence of blindness during the Onchocerciasis control programme in western Africa, 1971-2002.
M. Little, M. Basáñez, L. P. Breitling, B. Boatin +1 more
2004Journal of Infectious Diseases50 citations Open access
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Community-directed distributors—The “foot soldiers” in the fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases
U. Amazigo, S. Leak, H. Zoure, C. Okoronkwo +5 more
2021PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases46 citations Open access
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Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa
B. Boatin, J. Gyapong
2016Neglected Tropical Diseases45 citations
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Impact of long-term ivermectin (Mectizan®) on Wuchereria bancrofti and Mansonella perstans infections in Burkina Faso: strategic and policy implications
D. Kyelem, S. Sanou, B. Boatin, J. Medlock +2 more
2003Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology44 citations
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Is onchocerciasis elimination in Africa feasible by 2025: a perspective based on lessons learnt from the African control programmes
Y. Dadzie, U. Amazigo, B. Boatin, A. Sékétéli
2018Infectious Diseases of Poverty42 citations Open access
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Delivery systems and cost recovery in Mectizan treatment for onchocerciasis.
U. Amazigo, M. Noma, B. Boatin, D. Etya'alé +2 more
1998Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology38 citations
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Short communication: Impact of long‐term (14 years) bi‐annual ivermectin treatment on Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia
D. Kyelem, J. Medlock, S. Sanou, M. Bonkoungou +2 more
2005Tropical medicine & international health32 citations
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A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Health Research and Capacity Building in Disease-Endemic Countries for Helminthiases Control
M. Osei-Atweneboana, S. Lustigman, R. Prichard, B. Boatin +1 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases31 citations Open access
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Evaluation of conjunctival pallor in the diagnosis of anaemia.
F. Wurapa, M. Bulsara, B. Boatin
1986The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene23 citations
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Uptake of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) by Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) Is Not Strongly Dependent on the Density of Skin Microfilariae in the Human Host
E. Soumbey-Alley, M. Basáñez, Y. Bissan, B. Boatin +5 more
2004Journal of medical entomology21 citations Open access
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Use of symptoms and signs for diagnosis of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense trypanosomiasis by rural health personnel.
B. Boatin, G. B. Wyatt, F. Wurapa, M. Bulsara
1986Bulletin of the World Health Organization21 citations
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Helminthic Diseases: Onchocerciasis and Loiasis
J. H. Remme, B. Boatin, M. Boussinesq
200820 citations
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The Current State of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa
B. Boatin
2003Tropical doctor17 citations
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A three year follow-up of chemotherapy with praziquantel in a rural Zambian community endemic for schistosomiasis mansoni.
T. Sukwa, B. Boatin, F. Wurapa
1988Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene17 citations
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Wuchereria bancrofti transmission pattern in southern Mali prior to and following the institution of mass drug administration
Y. Coulibaly, B. Dembele, A. Diallo, S. Kristensen +11 more
2013Parasites & Vectors16 citations Open access
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Risk factors associated with the acquisition of sleeping sickness in north-east Zambia; a case-control study.
G. B. Wyatt, B. Boatin, F. Wurapa
1985Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology14 citations
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A "healthy carrier" of Trypanosoma rhodesiense: a case report.
F. Wurapa, P. Dukes, E. Njelesani, B. Boatin
1984Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene13 citations
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Impact of ivermectin on onchocerciasis transmission
G. Borsboom, D. Habbema, B. Boatin, N. Nagelkerke +7 more
200311 citations
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Diagnostic value of the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test for trypanosomiasis in Zambia.
I. Kakoma, M. Bulsara, B. Boatin, F. Wurapa
1985American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene7 citations
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The prevalence and distribution of schistosomiasis in Zambia.
B. Boatin, F. Wurapa, A. M. Ulrich
1985Central African Journal of Medicine4 citations
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The need for evidence-based strategies and tools for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa
Y. Dadzie, U. Amazigo, B. Boatin, A. Sékétéli
2019Infectious Diseases of Poverty3 citations Open access
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Preliminary investigation of the relationship between malaria, anaemia, parasite density, malaria specific antibody and syphilis reactivity in Ndola Central Hospital--Zambia.
C. Olweny, O. O. Simooya, B. Boatin, C. S. Syabula +2 more
1985Central African Journal of Medicine2 citations
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The predicted and observed epidemiological trends during 9 to 10 years control in the extension area of the onchocerciasis control programme in West Africa (OCP)
E. Alley, B. Boatin, J. Hougard, L. Yaméogo +2 more
19981 citations
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A two year follow-up of persons with a positive fluorescent antibody test for Rhodesian sleeping sickness in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia.
G. B. Wyatt, I. Kakoma, F. Wurapa, B. Boatin +1 more
1986Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology1 citations
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Parasitic infection in the Kasyasya cluster of villages in north eastern Zambia.
B. Boatin, P. Dukes, F. Wurapa
1984The Medical Journal of Zambia1 citations
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